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During a visit to Germany on 17-20 May, Moldova’s Prime Minister Vladimir Filat was able to obtain limited support from Chancellor Angela Merkel on the Transnistrian conflict. However, Merkel avoided supporting the Moldovan government’s…
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On 12 May, the German foreign ministry recognised the Libyan National Council as the legitimate partner for talks representing the Libyan people in relations with Germany and decided to open a liaison office in Benghazi. The office is to…
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The expert commission announced its report on the safety of nuclear reactors in Germany on 17 May. In March this year, the government ordered the commission to carry out stress tests to check the level of safety of all nuclear reactors in…
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The liberal FDP party, which is a member of the federal government coalition, held a convention in Rostock on 13–15 May. As had been previously agreed, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle stepped down as president of the party. The…
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The Green Party/SPD coalition government was formally established on 12 May in Baden-Württemberg. Winfried Kretschmann was nominated prime minister, thus becoming the first representative of the Green Party to hold this post in German…
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On 5 May, the Polish-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce published the results of a questionnaire reflecting the popularity of Central and Eastern European countries as investment places. Poland was again ranked first before Slovakia…
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On 29 April, officers from the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) detained three people in Dϋsseldorf and Bochum of Moroccan and Iranian origin, including two German citizens, suspected of Al-Qaeda membership and plotting a terrorist…
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On 12 April the EU Budget and Financial Programming Commissioner Janusz Lewandowski in the interview he gave to the German press suggested a change in financing the EU budget. Under his proposal the EU budget would be in one third financed…
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Roland Jahn, the new head of the Federal Commission for the Stasi Archives (BStU), which is also known as the Gauck Office, wants to dismiss those employees who had co-operated with the East German secret service. For this purpose he…
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Martin Lessing, the president of Germany’s Commerzbank, announced on 6 April that the bank intended to pay off most of its debts owed to the state which it had incurred to counteract the crisis by June. This decision to repay the debt much…